Corn-husking and shuck-making machine



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Corn Hu sking and Shuok Making Machines.

'No. 235,364. Patented Dec. 14, 18 80.

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JOHN L. L. KNOX, .OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORN-HUSKING AND SHUCK-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,364, dated December14, 1880, Application filed September 17, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. L. Knox, of Allegheny, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented 'a new and usefulImprovement in Gorn-Hu'sking and Shuck-Makiug Machines; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact de scription thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in corn-husking and shuck-makingmachines; and it consists in the combination of a feeding-apron,circular saw, carrying and stripping apron, and stripping-belts,arranged and operating with relation to each other as will hereinaftermore fully appear.

To enable others skilled in the art with which myinvention is mostnearly connected to make and use it,-I will .proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification,Figure 1 is aside ele-- vation of my improvementin corn-husking andshuck-making machines. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 isa side elevation, representing the opposite sidefrom that shown inFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top view or plan of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame of the machine, inwhich, on suitable bearings, is mounted a shaft, B, on which is placed apulley, O, and a drivingwheel, D, which gears into wheels l m n on theshafts 0, p, and q. On the shaft 0 are pulleys 5 and 6 and idle-pulleys3 and 4, and on the shaft 19 are pulleys 7 and 8 and idle-pub leys 1 and2. The pulleys 5 and 6 and idlepulleys 1 and 2 carry the stripping-beltse e, and the pulleys 7 and 8 and idle-pulleys3 and 4 carry thestripping-belts ff. The strippingbelts are armed with sharp projectingpoints 1 as shown in Fig. 2, and the direction of travel of said beltsis indicated by the arrows in Figs. 1 and 2-'that is to say, thestrippingbelts c 0 travel in one direction, and the stripping-belts f ftravel in an opposite direction.

The feeding-apron B consists of two belts, which pass around pulleys st, to which is secured a series of strips, to. On the shaft of thepulley t is a pulley, 4, upon which is placed a belt, e, which passesaround the pulley G on the shaft B.

The carrying and stripping apron D consists of two belts, which passaround pulleys 11 j, to which are secured strips to, provided with sharppoints 00, which operate in conjunction with the points y on thestripping-belts 6 eff. The pulleys j are mounted in adjustable bearin gsh, which are held up through the medium of springs s. The shaft 0, uponwhich is secured the wheel I, pulleys 3, 4, 5, and 6, is mounted inadjustable bearings g, which hold the pulleys 3, 4, 5, and 6, with theforward part of the stripping-belts 6 eff, down to their work by theweight of the shaft 0, wheel I, and pulleys 3, 4, 5, and 6.

O is a circular saw, the shaft of which is provided with a pulley, 1,around which passes a cross-belt, a, on the end of the shaft 1;.

The construction and arrangement of the several parts constituting myimprovement in cor'n-husking and shuck-making machines will be readilyunderstood by the skilled mechanic from the foregoing description and byreference to the accompanying drawings. I will therefore proceed todescribe the operation, which is as follows:

The unhusked corn is placed upon the feeding-apron B with the butt ofthe ear or husk on a line with the circular saw 0. Power is applied tothe crank 1 which revolves the pulley G and the wheel D, which impartsmo-' tion to the wheels l m n, and through the medium of the belts n '22motion is imparted to the pulleys r, m, l, and t,- th ereby through themedium of pulleyss lj and pulleys 1 2 4 5 motion is imparted to thefeeding-apron B, carryin gand strippingapron D, stripping-belts 00 f f,and circular saw 0. The apron B carries the unh usked corn forwardtoward the circular saw 0. The unhusked corn drops upon the carrying andstripping apron D, which carries it in between said apron and thestripping-belts 66 f f, which carry it forward to the circular saw 0,which cuts the butt off, which drops from the machine. The apron D andstripping-belts e e ff traveling at diflerent rates of speed, and thestripping-belts e e ff traveling in opposite directions, cause apulling,

drawing, and tearing action upon the husks,

which strips them from the ear of corn, and

the husks and ear of corn are discharged at tially as herein described,and for the purpose the opposite end of the machine, the husks, set.forth. being in the form of shreds, forming shock of 2. In acorn-hashing and shock-making maa superior quality for upholsteringpurposes. chine, the combination of the carriers 9 h, It will be readilyobserved that by arrangmounted in adjustable bearings, and the apron inga circular saw on each side of the machine, 1 I) andlongitudinally-moving stripping-belts with increased width of thefeeding-apron B, e f, traveling in opposite directions, substancarryingand stripping apron D, and corretially asherein described,and for thepurpose sponding increased number of stripping-belts set forth. 0 eff,the capacity of the machine would he 3. In a corn-husking andshack-making madoubled Without greatly increasing the cost l chine, thecombination of the stripping-apron of construction. D and a series oflongitudinally-moving strip- Having thus described my improvement, 5ping-belts traveling in opposite directions, what I claim as of myinvention is-- 1 substantially as herein described, and for the JNO. L.L. KNOX.

1. In a corn-husking and shuck-making ma- 1 purpose set forth. chine,the combination of the feeding-apron B, circular saw (3,longitndinally-moving stripping-apron D, and a series ofstripping-belts, e f, traveling in opposite directions, snbstan-\Vitnesses A. (J. JOHNSTON, JAMES J. JOHNSTON.

